Director Xu's face was still good, and with his help, Chen Ran quickly settled the matter of establishing a youth training base.

Although Smart Island belongs to Shanghai, it has been troubled by attracting investment because it is far away from the urban area.

Now that Chen Ran came to the door on his own initiative, the two parties naturally hit it off.

After all, after so many media reports, Chen Ran is now considered a well-known figure in the domestic football circle.

Therefore, Chen Ran bought a 300-acre piece of land next to the football base coached by Xu and prepared to build Crystal Palace's domestic training base.

This once again set a precedent, because no foreign football club has ever established a training base in China. Chen Ran named this youth training base "Star of Hope".

On the day of the signing ceremony, all major domestic sports media gathered on Smart Island, and this time even the sports channel sent people to report on it.

These media reporters all stayed at the hotel near Director Xu’s football base, which also allowed Director Xu to make a small fortune.

After coordination with many parties, Chen Ran signed a cooperation agreement with the school on Smart Island.

In the future, children selected through Crystal Palace will study directly in school like other children.

After recruiting a group of domestic staff, Chen Ran left the remaining specific matters to Stephen and others to handle, while he took Cheryl around.

After playing for almost half a month and experiencing the great places of the motherland, Chen Ran and Cheryl returned to London with constant urging from Cheryl's company.

At this time, the players who were on vacation have also returned to London one after another, and Crystal Palace's preparation period for the new season is about to begin.

"Gareth, Josep, Diego, come and see, our opponents are making quite a move this summer."

"Chelsea, in particular, not only changed its coach, but also spent almost 100 million euros to buy people. The cost of one club is almost equivalent to the sum of several other giants. It has been a crazy summer."

Chen Ran distributed the transfer information compiled to him to three assistants.

Mourinho went to Chelsea after all, and the wheel of history is still moving in the original direction.

This time Chelsea took the blame for the new Champions League champions Porto.

Not only did they poach head coach Mourinho, they also took away main center back Carvalho and main right back Ferreira.

In addition, PSV's attacking combination of Robben and Kežman was also packaged and brought to Chelsea.

Drogba from Marseille, France, and midfielder Thiago joined the team from Benfica, Portugal.

It can be said that, except for goalkeeper Petr Cech who was intercepted early by Chen Ran, not a single player who went to Chelsea in his previous life was missing.

And several other strong teams are not idle either.

Manchester United spent heavily to bring in Rooney, who became famous in his first game, from Everton, forward Alan Smith from Leeds United, and defender Heinze from Paris Saint-Germain.

Arsenal introduced striker Robin van Persie from Feyenoord, midfielder Flamini from Marseille, and goalkeeper Almunia from Celta Vigo.

Liverpool brought in midfielder Xabi Alonso from Real Sociedad, forward Cisse from Auxerre, and forward Luis Garcia from Barcelona.

Moreover, Liverpool also changed its head coach this summer, with Spaniard Benitez taking over at Anfield.

In this busy summer transfer period, Crystal Palace, which only introduced two players, is very inconspicuous.

Even Norwich City and West Bromwich Albion, both promoted to the Premier League this season, have introduced seven players and ten players respectively.

This made the Crystal Palace reporters who had been following it for a long time very uncomfortable.

When they checked, they discovered that Chen Ran was not in the UK at all this summer, but had gone back to China with Cheryl for a vacation.

This time, it can be regarded as being caught by these reporters.

Therefore, after disappearing for a summer, Chen Ran's name once again appeared on the pages of major media in England.

"Will one English Championship title and one League Cup title satisfy the Chinese?"

"After being promoted to the Premier League, I didn't seize the time to make signings to strengthen the team. Instead, I took my girlfriend on a vacation. This is what the Chinese owner of Crystal Palace did."

"Proud and arrogant, this is how the Chinese behaves after achieving some achievements."

"So far, Crystal Palace has the smallest number of signings among all Premier League teams. Does that Chinese think that Crystal Palace is strong enough?"

"Judging from what the Chinese has done, Crystal Palace is very likely to become the favorite for relegation in the Premier League in the new season."

"In view of Crystal Palace's performance in signings during the summer transfer period, the betting company's odds on Premier League relegation teams in the new season show that the number of people who are bearish on Crystal Palace has soared."

...

After reading the summer transfer information, Southgate, Guardiola and Simeone all felt great pressure.

Chelsea, in particular, made a big deal for two consecutive years. Not only did they spend huge sums of money to bring in players, but they also hired a coach who had just won the Champions League. You could tell at a glance that they were aiming for the Premier League title.

"Boss, what is our goal this season? To avoid relegation?" Southgate asked casually.

"The goal? The Premier League championship."

Southgate asked casually, and Chen Ran answered casually.

"puff!"

"Ahem..."

"Fx...OMG!"

The scene was a mess.

Some sprayed coffee all over the floor;

Some choked on saliva;

Some even almost cursed.

"Boss, are you kidding?"

Southgate asked with a sense of luck.

"No, I'm very serious."

The three Southgates looked at each other again and again, and they all saw the speechlessness in each other's eyes.

Damn it, as a newly promoted team, shouldn’t your first goal be to avoid relegation?

Who do you think is Kaiserslautern?

"Oh, by the way. Do you still remember the promise I made to you last season? Now the results are out. After evaluation, I think it is most suitable for Josep to succeed me as the head coach of Crystal Palace this season. Gareth, Die

Ge, do you have any objections?"

Chen Ran slapped his forehead and almost forgot about the business.

"I have an opinion!"

As soon as Chen Ran finished speaking, he saw Guardiola suddenly standing up.

"Boss, my current ability is far from enough to lead Crystal Palace to compete for the Premier League championship. I think both Gareth and Diego are more suitable than me."

Let me go. I didn’t expect that a guy like Josep, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, could be so insidious. He pushed the two of us out even if he didn’t want to do it.

Southgate and Simeone were so frightened that they waved their hands and quickly said that their abilities were not enough, and they had to play again, so they were not suitable to be the head coach of Crystal Palace now.
Chapter completed!